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HEARTH SOUNDS Tuning in the world of Internet radio

Did you think the Internet was out of revolutions? With Internet radio, anyone can be a broadcaster. If you want to start broadcasting or podcasting, or even if you're just looking for the perfect station, check out this month's Internet Radio cover story.

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SOUND SAVER Recording Podcasts with Audacity

Create your own podcasts with the free and easy Audacity sound editor.

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HOME RADIO Streaming audio with Icecast and MuSE

For live Internet radio, you need a streaming server. We’ll show you how to get started with Icecast, an open source streaming alternative for Linux.

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SOUND SURFING Favorite sites from the world of Internet radio

Take a tour of some favorite Internet radio sites from the experts at Linux New Media.

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PERSONAL PLAYLIST Creating a virtual radio station with Last.fm

Last.fm tracks your musical tastes and helps you find users with similar interests.

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LINUX TUNING Techniques for better performance

Are your multimedia applications receiving the resources they need? Are you using the optimum filesystem for your environment? You don't have to be an expert to find better performance in Linux – you just need to know where to look.

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AFTERBURNER Speeding up hard disks with DMA

A simple command helps you switch on the afterburner for your hard disks and drives. hdparm improves the performance of your storage devices.

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GETTING REAL Multimedia applications and the realtime priority

Linux provides tools and patches for speeding up the priority of multimedia applications. So if you're not getting the performance you expect, try shifting into overdrive.

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FILE FACTS Finding the right file system

Many users just opt for the defaults and don’t think about the file system when they install Linux. But if better performance is your goal, it pays to do some shopping.

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SCRIPTING SECRETS New tools and techniques for scripting in Linux

Even the experts know there is always more to learn about scripting. In this month's cover story, we'll show you the Google Maps API, a networking framework for Python, and some other fine tools.

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KEEPING DISTANCE Exploring the Google Maps API

We’ll show you how to incorporate interactive maps into your web pages with the Google Maps API.

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TWISTING PYTHON Creating network apps with Twisted

The Twisted framework makes it so easy to create network-aware applications in Python. Twisted speaks all the major Internet protocols, from mail through chat, and it can handle encryption. We’ll show you how to set up a personal web server with Twisted.

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SCRIPT WORKOUT Script tuning in Bash

In the old days, shells were capable of little more than calling external programs and executing basic, internal commands. With all the bells and whistles in the latest versions of Bash, however, you hardly need the support of external tools.

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OPENING DOORS Porting Visual Basic apps to Linux

Realbasic provides an easy solution for converting Visual Basic programs to Linux.

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CALLING THE WORLD Linux Tools for Voice over IP

This month we’ll show you some popular Linux tools for Internet telephony

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TALKATIVE Telephony with an Asterisk phone system

An old computer is all you need to build your own do-it-yourself personal phone server.

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WELL CONNECTED Internet telephony with Linphone

When you want to call your friends in distant countries, don’t pick up the phone; just put on your headset and fire up Linphone.

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DESKTOP DIALING Internet telephony with KPhone

Internet telephony does not need to be complicated. You can talk to the world with just Kphone, a normal sound card, and an account with an Internet phone provider.

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PHONE BANDIT A walk with the Skype VoIP client

The free but proprietary Skype is a popular calling option.

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HOW SAFE? The ways of viruses in Linux

Some say an attack is looming, and others say we don’t have to worry. What’s the real story on viruses in Linux?

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VIRUS CHECKERS Virus protection tools for the Linux environment

So you want a virus checker? We’ll show you what we found when we toured some of the top scanners for the Linux environment.

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KLAMMING UP KlamAV brings Clam Anti-Virus to your KDE desktop

Linux may not be as virus-ready as Windows, but who wants to harbor pointless malware? Now you can hunt for viruses with KDE's KlamAV, a desktop front-end for the ClamAV Open Source virus protection system.

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SCAN MANAGER Filtering spam and viruses at the mail server with Amavisd-new

Sometimes the best time to stop bad mail is before it arrives. AmavisdNew is an Open Source interface for integrating spam and virus filtering with your mail server.

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Rikki's Open Source Exchange

Stop by Rikki's Open Source Exchange for dispatches from the world of women in open source.

Rikki Kite examines the experience of women across the spectrum of open source –
the people, projects, organizations, events, articles, issues, and news.

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